Adobe InDesign CS2 Useful Keyboard ShortcutsWindows

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Adjust Font Size

Insert Break characters

Increase by Increment........................................................................ Ctrl-Shift->

Decrease by Increment ...................................................................... Ctrl-Shift-<
(add Alt to the above keystrokes make them Increment x 5)

Column Break...........................................................................Enter (on keypad)

Frame Break.....................................................................Shift-Enter (on keypad)
Page Break........................................................................ Ctrl-Enter (on keypad)
Forced Line Break (or soft return).....................................................Shift-Enter

Adjust Leading
Increase by Increment.................................................................. Alt-down arrow
Decrease by Increment..................................................................... Alt-up arrow
(add Control to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5)
Revert to Auto Leading................................................................... Ctrl-Alt-Shift-A

Adjust Kerning/Tracking & WORD SPACING

Moving text cursor

Move cursor to beginning or end of line............................................Home or End
Move cursor one word to the left/right......................................Ctrl-Left/right arrow
Move cursor to Previous paragraph................................................. Ctrl-Up Arrow
Move cursor to Next paragraph................................................... Ctrl-Down Arrow

Selecting text

Increase by Increment................................................................... Alt-right arrow

Decrease by Increment.....................................................................Alt-left arrow
Increase by Increment x 5........................................................ Ctrl-Alt-right arrow
Decrease by Increment x 5......................................................... Ctrl-Alt-left arrow
Increase between words.................................................................. Ctrl-Alt-Shift-\
Decrease between words..................................................Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Backspace
Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to 0.....................................Ctrl-Alt-Q

Select from cursor to beginning or end of line...................Shift-Home or Shift-End

Select from cursor to end of story.................................................... Ctrl-Shift-End
Select from cursor to beginning of story........................................ Ctrl-Shift-Home
Select whole word.............................................................................Double-click
Select line.....................................................................Ctrl-Shift-\ (or Triple-click)
Select one word to the left/right......................................Ctrl-Shift-Left/Right arrow

Adjust Baseline shift

Navigating & scrolling through documents

Move Up by Increment.............................................................. Alt-Shift-up arrow

Move Down by Increment...................................................... Alt-Shift-down arrow
(add Control to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5)

Scroll using Hand tool...................................................................... Alt-Spacebar

Go to the First Page.................................................................. Ctrl-Shift-Page Up
Go to the Last Page.............................................................. Ctrl-Shift-Page Down
Access page number box (so you can enter a page to go to).........................Ctrl-J
Switch between open Documents.............................................................. Ctrl-F6

Scaling picture & text frames

(picture content is scaled with the frame, but text content is not scaled with the frame)

Scale 5% Bigger ................................................................................... Ctrl-Alt->

Scale 5% Smaller................................................................................... Ctrl-Alt-<
Scale 1% Bigger ........................................................................................ Ctrl->
Scale 1% Smaller........................................................................................ Ctrl-<

Fitting Content & pictures

Fit Content Proportionally............................................................... Ctrl-Alt-Shift-E
Fit Content to Frame.............................................................................. Ctrl-Alt-E
Center Content . ................................................................................. Ctrl-Shift-E
Fit Frame to Content.............................................................................. Ctrl-Alt-C

Nudging objects
Move by Increment.........................................................................any arrow key
Move by Increment x 10..........................................................Shift-any arrow key
Move by Increment x 1/10.................................................Ctrl-Shift-any arrow key

Flowing Text
Semi-autoflow (keeps text in cursor so you can continue flowing)..........Alt-click
Multi-Page Autoflow (creates additional pages)..................................Shift-click
Single-Page Autoflow (does not create additional pages)...............Shift-Alt-click

Zooming
Get the Zoom in tool without selecting it................................ Hold Ctrl then Space
Get the Zoom out tool without selecting it...................Hold Ctrl then Space and Alt
Zoom In or Out...........................................................Ctrl-plus(+) or Ctrl-minus()
Fit Page in Window............................................................................Ctrl-0 (zero)
Fit Spread in Window....................................................................Ctrl-Alt-0 (zero)
Access zoom percentage box (so you can enter a zoom level)................. Ctrl-Alt-5
Toggle between current and previous zoom levels................................... Ctrl-Alt-2

Find/Change
Insert selected text into Find What box...................................................... Ctrl-F1
Insert selected text into Find What box and then Find Next instance.........Shift-F1
Find the next occurrence of Find What text............................ Shift-F2 or Ctrl-Alt-F
Insert selected text into Change To box...................................................... Ctrl-F2
Replace selected text with Change To text................................................. Ctrl-F3
Replace selected text with Change To text and Find Next..........................Shift-F3

Working with palettes

Working with Paragraph Styles

Highlight the first option in the Control palette.............................................. Ctrl-6

Toggle Control palette between Character & Paragraph options................ Ctr-Alt-7
Apply a value but keep it highlighted in palette.....................................Shift-Enter
Show/Hide all Panels including Toolbar...................Tab (while not in a text frame)
Show/Hide all Panels except the Toolbar..........Shift-Tab (while not in a text frame)
Create new (style, swatches, etc) & display options dialog...... Alt-click New button
Close/Open all docked palettes on 1 side on the screen...........Alt-click palette tab
Dock/Undock a group of palettes................. hold Alt while dragging a palettes tab

To remove local formatting (non Style changes)..................... Alt-click Style Name

To remove local formatting and Character Styles............ Alt-Shift-click Style Name

Working with Dialog boxes

Styling text
Bold: Ctrl-Shift-B Italic: Ctrl-Shift-I Normal: Ctrl-Shift-Y
All Caps.............................................................................................. Ctrl-Shift-K
Edit Style Sheet without Applying it.........................Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Double click style

Quick Apply a Style.....Ctrl-Return (start typing the style name, hit Return to apply)
Redefine a Paragraph Style........................................................... Ctrl-AltShift-R
Redefine a Character Style............................................................ Ctrl-AltShift-C

Rotate down through section of options displayed on the left................ Page Down
Rotate up through section of options displayed on the left........................ Page Up
Jump to section of options displayed on the left...Ctrl-1 for 1st, Ctrl-2 for 2nd, etc.
Cancel........................................................................................................... Esc
Choose Yes or No....................................................................................... Y or N

Working with Master Pages

Miscellaneous Good stuff

Select a master page object (thats on a document page) . ............. Ctrl-Shift-click

Increase/decrease a value in a field.................. click in field, press up/down arrow

Toggle Typographers Quotes preference.......................................... Ctrl-Alt-Shift-
Select frame hidden behind another......... Hold Ctrl and keep clicking frame stack
Tabs palette: Move Left Indent (triangle) without moving First Line Indent.............
. ............................................ Hold Shift while dragging the (bottom) triangle
Select all Guides....................................................................................Ctrl-Alt-G
Sort Menus Alphabetically............................ Hold Ctrl-Alt-Shift and click on Menu

Working with Styles

Insert Special characters

Indent to Here.............................................................................................. Ctrl-\
Right Indent Tab.................................................................................... Shift-Tab
Discretionary Hyphen.............................................................Ctrl-Shift-hyphen (-)
Nonbreaking Hyphen............................................................... Ctrl-Alt-hyphen (-)

Insert Automatic page number

Auto Page Number Of the Current page.........................................Ctrl-Alt-Shift-N

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Insert White space

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Em space........................................................................................... Ctrl-Shift-M
En space.............................................................................................Ctrl-Shift-N
Nonbreaking space................................................................................ Ctrl-Alt-X
Thin space.................................................................................... Ctrl-Alt-Shift-M

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